cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/61363

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

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[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you been to Europe? They have “walking” cities. You really don’t need a car to get around. My kids backpacked through Europe. The furthest they had to travel from a hostel was outside Amsterdam. 8 km on bicycles! My son just came back from Japan (I know, not Europe). He talked a lot about the “Shinkansen”. A high speed train that travels 280 km/h. They were able to travel all over Japan “without” a car.

[–] Ronno@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a Dutchman, I agree we have great infrastructure and "walking" cities. But you've only seen Amsterdam. Outside of the cities, The Netherlands is more dependent on cars than you might think. I live on the border of the country and public transport is basically non existent and cycling is not viable due to travel distances, every adult has a car in my area. A family of 4 adults (children over 18 living at home) have 4 cars parked in front of their house here. We're not as car dependent as the US, but we don't live in a fairytale either.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Thank you for the insight. I always appreciate being educated :).

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Try to go to an anti-genocide protest in EU and see how fast you get violently beat up, arrested or get cops at your door to have "a chat". All tose things in Amsterdam you mentioned too.

[–] DimlyLitFlutteringMoth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Still not happened to me yet, and that is in the UK which has the far more authoritarian Policing Bill looming over us. That doesn't make as interesting a soundbite though.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Your individual experiences don't negate all the things I mentioned, they are on video.
And whatever bill you're under doesn't matter to other countries, they always find a reason or 'special circumstances' to break their own laws and act like hired goons for the zionist apartheid state.

[–] DimlyLitFlutteringMoth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, Israel is shit, but unless you have a video for each of these protests being shut down in this way, that just isn't the norm. Plenty of pro-Palestine protests and meetings here; outside Barclays, protesting specific businesses, sharing information in our most popular streets for tourism and shopping, musical protests at art galleries. Plenty going on, never even seen a police presence at these.

Not to say it isn't happening, but trying to paint Europe as some pro-Zionist totality is weird.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

you're a hasbara liar plain and simple

[–] DimlyLitFlutteringMoth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure how talking about local and country-wide support for Palestine, and against the zionist genocide enacted by Israel, makes me supportive of Israel but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

You are whitewashing the EU and UK complicit regimes that do everything to stifle protest.
Nothing is more obvious and blatant.
There is no conceivable reason to do that unless you have an agenda.
You can play dumb, that's another typical hasbara tactic.